Window-shade hanger.



O. G. BUTLER.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. |911.

1,265,299. Patented May 7,1918.

l |NvENToR WITNEssEs Ura/7b ull y ATTORNEY onAN G. BUTLER, or s'r.LOUIS. MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGERh To ahlk 'whom z't may concern: j

lBe it known that I, ORAN G. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Hangers, of whichthe following is a specification.

j This invention relates to an improved window shade hanger and moreparticularly to an adjustable shade and curtain hangerl including meansfor providing an adjustment whereby window casings and shades thereformay be accommodated.

j One of the objects of theinvention is to provide a vsimple and strongdevice of this character which can be rigidly fixed to a window casingthrough the medium of a pair of fastening elements in a manner that willpermit adjustment to compensate for a slight error in determining thelength of the supporting brackets previous to mounting t the shaderoller in its operative position.

Another object of the invention is to provide drapery brackets mountedto permit an adjustment for accommodating different lengths of draperypoles.

A further object of this invention is the `provision of an improvedwindow shade hanger which consists of comparatively few parts and issimple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand therough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and meritsthereof, reference is to be had to the following description and -theaccompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my1nven.

tion, in which; i

Figure l is a front elevation, parts'belng broken away, illustrating theinvent1on 1n applied position.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fi 1.

Tg3; ig. 3 is a Section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspectlve view of one end of the device.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one end of the device showing a drapery polebracket mounted in position.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fi Fig. 7 is a detail perspectiveof the drapery pole bracket.

Referring to the drawing, wherein is Specication of Letters Ratent. y

Patented May 7, 1918.

vApplimt'ion mea May 1, 1917. serial No. 165,786.

illustrated the preferred form of my invention, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate vcorresponding parts throughout the-several views, the body portion 1 of the device consists of anelongated plate 2 preferably constructed from a rectangular strip ofrelatively thin metallic material. This plate is provided with alongitudinal channel 3 formed by rpressing the. central portion of theplate outwardly for its entire lengththus also forming an upper flange 3anda lower flange 4 at the corresponding marginal edges of the plate.The flanges 3 and 4 are provided, adjacent one end thereof, withextensions 5as shown by Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, and theseextensions are pressed outwardly from the marginal edges of the flangesso that they lie in spaced relation to the window casing A upon whichthe device is mounted. A right angularly disposed roller bracket 6,designed to receive the square pintle at one end of the shade roller, isintegrally formed with the marginal end edge of the plate. This end oftheplate is provided with an elongated slot 7 for lreceiving a screw orother suitable fastening element 8 wherebythis end of the plate may berigidly xed to the front of the window casing. The slot 7permitslongitudinal adjustment of the plate with respect to the screw 8.

A supplemental supporting plate 9 is mounted adjacent the opposite endof 'the main plate 2 for the purpose of adjustably supporting thelatter, and this plate consists of a short plate having elongatedopenings 10 and` 11 formed therein by cutting and outwardly pressingportions of the said plate and then bending the said portions to provideretaining flanges 12 and 13 adapted to embrace the corresponding flanges3 and 4 on the main plate 2. This construction is clearly shown in Figs.2 and 4 of the drawing. The upper and lower marginal edges of the plate9 are pressed outwardly to form the extensions 14 similar inconstruction to the extensions 5 at the opposite end `of the plate 2.Circular openin s 1n the end of the plate 2, and a longitudinal slot inthe plate 9 are disposed in position to receive a fastening element 15in the form of a screw or the like similar to the screw 8 at siredadjustment. The outer end of the supplemental plate 9 carries a rollerbracket 16 forl receiving the Opposite end of the shade rol er.

Each extension 5 and 14 is provided with an elongated slot 17. Theinnermost end of each slot is enlarged to form a substantially circularopening 18. The drapery pole bracket consists of a yoke 19 formed of lacomparatively thin piece of material,- preferably sheet brass or thelike, having a recess 20 for the reception of the end of the draperypole. rlwo right angularly disposed retaining arms 21 are integrallyvformed with a head 23. The size or' the openings 18 is suflicient topermit the 'reception of the head 23 and the studs may therefore bepassed into the slots 17 for mounting the drapery pole brackets inposition. 'Suflicient longitudinal adjustment of the drapery polebrackets is thereby obtained whereby the slight variation in the lengthof the poles with respect to the length of the device in position on thewindow casing can be compensated for.

It is obvious that the slots in the plate 2 and in the supplementalsupporting plate 9 will permit a varied adjustment of the rollerbrackets 6 and 16, so that rollers of diii'erent lengths may beaccommodated.

' I claim: l

1. Awindow shade bracket comprising an elongated plate, a supplementalsupporting plate mounted at one end of the elongated plate andcomprising a short plate having elongated openings, formed by outwardlyCopies of. this patent may be obtained for pressed portions of the saidplate, the said outwardly pressed yportions being bent to provideretaining langes embracing the marginal edge of the said elongatedplate,

marginal extensions formed on the said short plate and providedwithlongitudinal slots each having a fastening element eX- tendedtherethrough, and a roller bracket projecting from the said short plate.j

2. Awindow shade bracket comprising an elongated plate, a supplementalsupporting platel mounted at one end 0f the elongated plate and'comprising a short plate having elongated openingsy formed by outwardlypressed portions of the said plate, the said outwardly pressed portionsbeing bent to provide retaining flanges embracing the marginal edges' ofthe said elongated plate marginal extensions formed on the said shortplate and provided with longitudinal slots each having a fasteningelement eX- tended therethrough, and a roller bracket projecting fromthe said short plate, the adjacent end of the said elongated platehaving' longitudinal slots, and a fastening element carried ,by theseparate portion of the said short plate and received in the said slotin the elongated plate for permitting longitudinal adjustmentl ef thesaid short plate on the elongated plate.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in `presence of two witnesses.

y GRAN G. BUTLER.v Witnesses E. E. FRANCIS, f H. Gr. Vaison'.`

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner f Patents,I Washington, D.G.

